January Transfer Window

[MayorFarnham]

I'm actually quite happy to see the apparent demise of the transfer window in general.

[TheRam]

Me too.

It’s been out of control for the last couple of years.

Happy to see the market settle down.

[toffee_scot]

I’m a little surprised that Chermiti hasn’t been sent out on loan as he barely gets much playing time here and is behind DCL and Beto.

Unless he is there if there’s an injury crisis.

[bigmanbob]

I wouldn't be that pissed off if he got a bit more playing time, can't be any worse than the other two shitehawks up front

[brap2]

That famous toffee spirit, backing our lads all the way

[brap2]

This used to rattle me so much.

Just such a stupid response to people asking why are we spending £25m on yannick Bolasie.

This is why we were arsed.

Unironically, what was he cooking

[Cozzie]

Del

[TheRam]

Unironically, what was he cooking

Bloody hell.

[brap2]

Bloody hell.

This is the year he got injured as well.

"Roll him off the f-ing pitch!" Some fella behind me shouted.

[777Kidnappings]

I quite liked bolasie that first season. He was creating stuff every week. It was a mixed bag of good and awful but he was a threat

[Shogun]

Yeah, in fairness to Bolasie he probably would have been alright if not for that horror injury.

[Cozzie]

Yeah his link up with Lukaku before his injury was sound

He wasn't that bad as a player, but the deal we gave him and what we paid for him was bad.

[superpull]

Palace seem to have a conveyor belt of these wingers.

He didn't take that hit and we wouldnt be putting him in the Schneiderlins/sigurdsson bracket of wasted money

[kramer]

Unironically, what was he cooking

Wow, I remember him putting plenty of chances on a platter for Lukaku but had no idea the underlying per 90 numbers were that good. I’m surprised he was included in that graph with only 14 appearances though.

He was an odd one. Put him in a situation where you’d expect a decent winger to put a good ball in and there’s a higher than average chance he gets it wrong. Put him in a situation where it looks like he has no other options but to lay it off or lose the ball and he might actually beat his man and set up a big chance. He was a real trick-or-treat player.

It was a fundamentally poor idea to sign him but he may well have been even value for the money if he hadn’t gotten hurt so soon and lost so much of the strength and explosiveness that made him a handful for defenders.

[Toffee1]